New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-29
LITERARY NOTES.

An ,msrican edition Of Ruskin's last book, Hortus
incIusus-a collection Of letters addressed to Two SIS
sen-is IN the press Of John Wiley Sons
"Le Prophetic dos Montagncs Fumeuscs, Novclle
Amcric ainc d Egbcr Cradock@ has Just appeared In
Paris In McssiS. DIdots second series OF tho Blbho
thcqnc DIES Mercs dc Famllc.7
Miss blanche willis Howard has nearly finished
loag novel She has also two plays partly written.
r.,r real aul fr; Of lewis CARROLL the
author Of the lnimatlc illcc's Adventures, is lut
widgc DodcSOn.
"Monachs Have Met" is the title Of forthcoming
volume Of "reminiscences by W. Beatty Kingston.
Mrs Field, the a,hor Of a volume of poems recently
published bv IIoughton. Miriin Co, Is the daughter
Of Mrs 4. d. r. Whitney
Paul nourgrt's Psychological novel; "A Cruel
Enigma Is dedicated to Mr. Henry James
An English translation Of ! cdor Dos'oichNky
I" Idiot" is announced in London
An edition Of Dr. Cunningham Gcihies book The
Holy Land and the Bible is announced by James
Ioft & CO.
An episode Of Mr.. Stcdmans childhood Is thus dc
scrbcd by Mr. Ridcing in The Christian Register
Let the reader picture 10 himself an Ola man J" SUI"
a costume a prosperous lawyer wouIu wear io''S
years ago with defiant boy standing before him. Inc
old man is rcprOvng and the boy has MOI So' o0'" "
duccd to the point of peniicncc.
&c. Come Sir. saws the elder severely. wishing TO
show that the culprits recent offence IS without
parallel: did you ever hear of any great man VINO
ran away from home In his youth
Yes the boy buits ont 10 the surprise OF his
Qucstoncr
And who was II. pray
Ma>jcrman Ready. sir
Mastcrman Ready is not name 10 be ionh III
dictionaries Of usirious perSonaecs; but to the I'M
aginatvc boy Captain Marlyats hero seemed 10 AFFORD
very good precedent in justification of his conduct
Tho cd mans Of humor was touched ana
Roy some time aftcrwaldlong enough for him 10 see
the folly Of his cXcu>c-thc boy was nicknamcd Mas
German Ready
Iii, real name was Edmund Clarence stcdman, and
his master was his reat-uncle James stedlnan oi
Norwich. Conn, who was bringing him up
Mrs Ollphant declares that She cannot forget the
touching exclamation of American publisher, who
in a moment of enthusiasm while visiting her at her
house suddenly cried out Mrs. Ophant, if you had
all that America owes you. you wonld be rich
woman this day Il could only reply she adds,
that | extremely willing 20 be PAID, when ana
how America pleased
: A seventh edition Of Roles Journey 70 Cam
!br!dee- has just been Published by Cupplcs Iurd
Dr. Richard Garnct lately read before the shelley
society an interesting paper Lord Icaconsfcld and
shelley. Altogether opposite as these men were In
nature Yet they both admired the same type OF woman
The Theodore OF Lothair' Is Shellcy's tythna DIS
lae must have been close student Of shelley Ia his
Vcncria7 Marmlon Herbert IS In person. education
opinions and death mainly shelley, though with
mixture of Byron. according TO Disiacfs practice OF
making his characters out of two persons DISTRICTS |
Revolutionary Epic is framed after Shellcys re
volt Of Islam" sec sec 81, Book l, and sec Al ana
lis Dcmogorgon IS Shecys too. Part Of Shelley :
Defence If Poetry" hs "AaStor." his llclla> and
Some; 10 Byron are also quoted or initiated, though
without acknowledgment, by Dsraeli, who must have
followed closely the work and talk Of Hogg and Ire
awucv though his criticism is rather that of Bulwcr
Ur. Garnetts paper Will be at once printed by the
Shelley Society
PesSimiss regards his world and sceptca as
To any other The Russians says 60 Tie saturday Re
view.@ "sre a melancholy race. Their utter acquicS-
ccnce in hopeless is al times almost abjcct Their
world grief is crushing in It's effect daily life and
n makes their literature, I'm far their literature
rejects it. extraordinarily depressing The Review
might have added that the effect Of this literature ON
English reader. Is naturally not tie most Wholesome
in the world.